Modeling opinion dynamics: theoretical analysis and continuous approximation

DOI10.1016/J.CHAOS.2017.03.033MaRDI QIDQ2410566zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Juan P. Pinasco, Viktoriya Semeshenko, Pablo Balenzuela

Publication date 18 October 2017

Published in Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.00662

zbMATH Keywords

opinion dynamicsmaster equationsnon-local kernels

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10)

Abstract: Frequently we revise our first opinions after talking over with other individuals because we get convinced. Argumentation is a verbal and social process aimed at convincing. It includes conversation and persuasion. In this case, the agreement is reached because the new arguments are incorporated. In this paper we deal with a simple model of opinion formation with such persuasion dynamics, and we find the exact analytical solutions for both, long and short range interactions. A novel theoretical approach has been used in order to solve the master equations of the model with non-local kernels. Simulation results demonstrate an excellent agreement with results obtained by the theoretical estimation.

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